De Long Fjord

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De Long Fjord
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De Long Fjord
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 83°12′N41°0′W / 83.200°N 41.000°W / 83.200; -41.000
Ocean/sea sources Lincoln Sea
Basin  countries Greenland
Max. length60 km (37 mi)
Max. width6 km (3.7 mi)
FrozenAll year round
SettlementsUninhabited

De Long Fjord is a fjord system in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northwest, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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The fjord is named after arctic explorer George W. De Long.

Geography

De Long Fjord opens to the northwest east of Nansen Land and to the west of Weyprecht Fjord, separated from it by the island of Hazenland. [1] Its mouth is located to the south of the Wild Sound and southeast of Luigi Amadeo Island and Cape Mohn, and south of Hanne Island. [2] The Tjalfe Glacier discharges ice from the Hans Tausen Ice Cap at its head. Although the islands in the fjord, as well as the peninsula flanking it, are unglaciated, the sea in the area is permanently covered by ice.

The De Long Fjord is a fjord system with three branches separated by islands in its outer section:

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Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
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Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland.

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References

  1. ↑ "De Long Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ↑ GoogleEarth
  3. 1 2 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  4. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95


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